UnitedHealth is keeping tabs on its critics.
What do a filmmaker in Wisconsin, billionaire investor Bill Ackman, The Guardian, and a doctor who posted on TikTok all have in common? UnitedHealth has targeted them in an effort to clamp down on criticism. The company's legal tactics have only intensified after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, The New York Times reports.
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